Amara Diouf

Amara Hady Diouf (born 7 June 2008) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkey Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Senegal national team.

Club career Youth career Born in Pikine, in Dakar's suburbs, Amara Diouf joined the Génération Foot academy in 2017, after impressing in the Danone Nations Cup.

In 2023, he was a standout in the Mohammed VI under-19s tournament in Morocco, where Génération Foot won the competition, after eliminating the likes of Real Madrid. It was reported that Diouf will join Metz when he came of age, following the same path as his compatriot Sadio Mané. and he won the Ligue 1 (Senegal) in his first season at the club. The deal was initially set to end in 2026, but an "unconditional mandatory extension option" was triggered during the 2023–24 season without the knowledge of Diouf. As a result, Diouf’s legal advisors successfully argued that forcing a fourteen-year-old into a six-year long binding commitment violated international football law. He also made one appearance in Ligue 1 during the 2023–24 season. Amara Diouf was registered as a free agent until he returned to Génération Foot in March 2026.

On 24 June 2026, he signed a five-year professional contract with Fenerbahçe until the end of 2030–31 season,

International career Youth In 2022, Diouf had joined the Senegal National U17 team following the qualification matches for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored a brace against Cape Verde and a goal against Mali.

Diouf was called up to the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Diouf went on to score a brace against South Africa in the quarter-finals, qualifying his team for the 2023 U-17 World Cup and getting his third man of the match accolade. Having scored his 5th goal in the competition, he surpassed Victor Osimhen's record of most goals scored in one edition of the under-17 cup. In the semi-final against Burkina Faso, Diouf missed a penalty while his team was leading 1–0, but eventually proved to be decisive in the penalty shoot-out, scoring his team last winning goal. Senegal went on to defeat Morocco in the finals to win tournament for their first time. With five goals in the tournament, Diouf won the Golden Boot.

Senior In August 2023, Diouf was called up to the senior squad to face Rwanda in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers and a friendly against Algeria. On 9 September, he made his debut in the 1–1 draw against Rwanda, to be his country's youngest debutant, aged 15 years and 94 days.

Personal life His father Ady was also a footballer and he played for US Gorée, ASFA Dakar, and SODIFITEX de Tambacounda.

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Honours Génération Foot Senegal Ligue 1: 2022–23 Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2023

Senegal U17 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations: 2023

Individual U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot: 2023